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Council approves special use for 305 Phillips Road event center with 500-person cap and security requirement
Summary
The North Little Rock City Council approved a special-use ordinance to allow an event center at 305 Phillips Road, adopting amendments that require licensed security for large events and limit the building's occupancy to 500. A proposal to require all parking to be paved failed after neighborhood concerns and applicant testimony.
The North Little Rock City Council on third reading approved a special-use ordinance allowing an event center at 305 Phillips Road, adopting amendments that require licensed security at large alcohol-serving events and limit the facility's occupancy to 500.
Council Member Robinson offered amendments addressing security and parking during the third-reading debate. The council approved Robinson's security amendment requiring licensed security at events serving alcohol and specifying a minimum of two licensed security guards for events at or above the Council-adopted occupancy limit. A separate amendment that would have required all site parking and drive aisles be paved and meet the fire marshal's weight-load requirements before a business license could be issued failed on a roll-call vote.
The amendment debate included neighborhood testimony and technical…
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